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Mariah Carey says she "can't imagine" what Rihanna went through when Chris Brown beat her earlier this year.
"I was very sequestered, as you know, when I first started out and if I were just allowed to be young and with a young boyfriend who's also a star and you know, you're working and you're both -- I don't know what goes on," she says in an interview on CNN's Larry King Live Wednesday. "You know what I mean? So it's like, I wasn't really allowed out of the house, so I can't imagine what she went through."
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But the Precious star, 40, says she is no stranger to abuse.
Asked if she's ever been abused, she says, "Abuse has several categories. Emotionally, mentally, in other ways."
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She says "it's scary" to try to break out of a destructive relationship. "I just think you get into a situation and you feel locked in -- if your situation is similar to one of the situations I've been in, which I won't harp on," she says.
Adds Carey (who was formerly wed to Sony Music mogul Tommy Mottola), "For me, to really get out, it was difficult because there was a connection that was not only a marriage but a business thing where the person was in control of my life."
These days, she is happy with husband Nick Cannon.
Is a bun in the oven?
"Right now? I'm going to take a swig of my scotch and let you know," she tells King.
Carey says being pregnant "would be the happiest thing in my life, but what I'm saying is right now with this movie [Precious] coming out, with the next few singles from the album and those things that I'm doing, I need to focus on that because I cannot do the having-a-child thing halfway."
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"I wouldn't be just like, 'Oh, I'm having a child, yay! Let me get a nanny so I can give her the baby. Take the kid,'" she adds. "That doesn't work me. I don't believe in that."
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Tierrathat is very bad an i think yall is right about what yall saidreport abuseposted November 6, 2009 6:05 AM PST
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josewow,how small can people get,or how high can you stack %@!*#,big things come in little packages,to each their own,no matter what is said and done, you write your own book/ baby,,,learn from the best (rhianna)she can suck a golf ball threw a garden hose and say it was a sip..like (mariah carey) i love her somthing stupid, but that don't mean i can have her,you have to make your own destiny,report abuseposted November 6, 2009 5:58 AM PST
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Sand_WarriorOdd...um...well...you know??? Ramblings....report abuseposted November 6, 2009 2:28 AM PST
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BILLY MGrow up, that would be a start in the right direction. Talk to people. We all have problems.report abuseposted November 6, 2009 1:07 AM PST
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happier gilmoreWhen will Ms. Carey learn to speak English, like you know, I don't know, really....report abuseposted November 6, 2009 12:24 AM PST
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steveMariah's abuse from Tommy Mottola is well-documented. He used to chain her to the radiator and never let her outside. He was 53, she was 21.report abuseposted November 5, 2009 10:55 PM PST
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behind these hazel eyeswow! i like her ideals about having a kid and not getting a nanny etc.. maybe i change my mind and like mariah afterall....report abuseposted November 5, 2009 9:22 PM PST
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boxerdogCan this woman not construct one single proper sentence? Why do starts frequently have such poor speaking abilities? Do they not finish school?report abuseposted November 5, 2009 6:53 PM PST
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DerrickHint: To the writer of this column. Mariah Carey is only 39. Her birthday (March 27, 1970) is the same exact day as mine. :-)report abuseposted November 5, 2009 5:42 PM PST
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Michael Cfine assreport abuseposted November 5, 2009 5:10 PM PST
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